Monday, April 14: And so begins the least enchanting time to be on the mountain, the day after the lifts shut down for winter season. Brown spots can be seen on some of the ski runs, and the snow banks along the road are receding and look dirty from the sand kicked up by the plows all winter. Can’t ski anymore (well, not without hiking up for each run and violating some laws, which some people do but not me). Can’t hike because trails are either still snow covered or muddy or both in different spots. I don’t lack for other things to do, just feeling a bit bummed about the ones I can’t do right now.

 
Tuesday, April 15: As the snowbanks recede, the layers start showing, a record of this past winter’s storms.

 
Wednesday, April 16: Spring on the mountain means snow flurries will happen now and then.

 
Thursday, April 17: Cleaned out our ski locker in the lodge.

 
Friday, April 18: Pretty spring day.

 
Saturday, April 19: First flowers of spring … dandelions growing between the building and the parking lot at the studio.

 
Sunday, April 20: Exhibit A for why it’s not hiking season yet: that trailhead sign is at least six feet off the ground. The trail runs just to the right of that tree, under all that snow.

 

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